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Joseph Haydn's Keyboard Concerto No. 11 in D major (Hob. XVIII/11) was written between 1780 and 1783. It was originally composed for harpsichord or fortepiano and scored for an orchestra in a relative...

"Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" (How lovely shines the morning star) is a hymn by Philipp Nicolai written in 1597 and first published in 1599. The hymn for Pentecost "O Heilger Geist, kehr bei un...

"Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein" ("Oh God, look down from heaven") is a Lutheran chorale of 1524, with words written by Martin Luther paraphrasing Psalm 12. It was published as one of eight songs in...

Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid (Oh God, how much heartache),BWV 3, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed the chorale cantata in Leipzig for the Second Sunday after Epiphany and fi...

"Christ lag in Todes Banden" ("Christ lay in the bonds of death") is a chorale by Martin Luther. It was published in 1524 in the Erfurt Enchiridion. In 1533, it was published with a traditional Easter...

"Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam" ("Christ our Lord came to the Jordan") is a Lutheran hymn about baptism by Martin Luther, written in 1541 and published in 1543. It was used in several musical setti...

Es ist das Heil uns kommen her (originally: Es ist das heyl vns kommen her, English: Salvation now has come for all or more literally: It is our salvation come here to us) is a Lutheran hymn in 14 sta...

Meine Seele erhebt den Herren (My soul magnifies the Lord) is Martin Luther's translation of the Magnificat canticle. It is traditionally sung to a German variant of the tonus peregrinus, a rather exc...

Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen (Laud to God in all his kingdoms),BWV 11, known as the Ascension Oratorio (Himmelfahrtsoratorium), is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach, marked by him as Oratorium In F...

Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (Weeping, lamenting, worrying, fearing),BWV 12, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Weimar for Jubilate, the third Sunday after Easter, and le...

Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen (My sighs, my tears),BWV 13, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig for the second Sunday after Epiphany and first performed it on 20 Janua...

Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit (Were God not with us at this time),BWV 14, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed the chorale cantata in Leipzig in 1735 for the fourth Sunday aft...

Johann Ludwig Bach (14 February 1677 – 1 May 1731) was a composer and violinist.
He was born in Thal near Eisenach. At the age of 22 he moved to Meiningen eventually being appointed cantor there, an...

"Herr Gott, dich loben wir" (Lord God, we praise you) is a Lutheran hymn, which Martin Luther wrote in 1529 as a translation and partial paraphrase of the Latin Te Deum. It is sometimes called the Ger...

Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich (He who offers thanks praises Me),BWV 17, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig for the fourteenth Sunday after Trinity and first pe...

Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt (Just as the rain and snow fall from heaven),BWV 18, is an early church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Weimar for the Sunday Sexage...

Es erhub sich ein Streit (There arose a war), BWV 19, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig in 1726 for the Feast of Saint Michael and first performed it on 29 Septem...

O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort (O eternity, you word of thunder),BWV 20, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig for the first Sunday after Trinity Sunday and first performe...

Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis (I had much trouble in my heart),BWV 21, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He probably composed it in Weimar in 1713 for the third Sunday after Trinity, but firs...